fumigène
\fy.mi.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“fumigène” is uncommon French (frequency #50,848 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,848
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui génère de la fumée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fumigene · fumigène · French
fumigène · rank #50,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,848
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frémissement
Nearest frequency peer: frémissement (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fumigène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fruitier
fruitier
49,156 corpus weight
- frustrante
frustrante
49,155 corpus weight
- frémissement
frémissement
49,154 corpus weight
- fumigène
fumigène
49,153 corpus weight
- funambule
funambule
49,152 corpus weight
- galeriste
galeriste
49,151 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fumigène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fumigène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fy.mi.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fumigène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fumigène is uncommon French at frequency #50,848 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fy.mi.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui génère de la fumée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fumigène, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fumigène, spelled F-U-M-I-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui génère de la fumée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fumigène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seize personnes […] auraient été arrêtées par la police qui a utilisé des bombes fumigènes.
Les observatoires de la colline de Saint-Walfroy, située à l'est, de l'autre côté de la Chiers, seront aveuglés par des tirs fumigènes qui seront poursuivis jusqu'à la tombée de la nuit.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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